Hammer pocket device



A ril 29, 1952 B. BEHNKE HAMMER POCKET DEVICE Filed Jan. 10 1951 QINVENTOR Harvey lifiefinfie. BY

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Patented Apr. 29, 1952 UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE HAMMER POCKET DEVICEHarvey B. Behnke, Appleton, Wis.

Application January 10, 1951, Serial No. 205,394

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a hammer pocket device.

It is to be understood that when people place hammers in their pocketsthe pocket is often torn, or the hammer becomes entangled in the pocketwhich is very unsatisfactory to the user.

Therefore, one of the objects of this invention is the production of adevice which will permit the easy placing of a hammer in the pocket ofpreferably a carpenter, and allowing the hammer to be quickly removedwhen desired.

Another object of the invention is the construction of a pocket devicefor holding a hammer, or hatchet, which device is constructed to fit thecurvature of the body of the carpenter, whereby the device is used withno discomfiture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention comprisescertain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts aswill be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a, device constructed in accordancewith this invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of a garment, showingparticularly a pocket thereof,

with a device in vertical section therein.

Figure 3 is afragmentary view of a garment, such as an overall, showingone of the pockets thereof in partial section, and the device of thisinvention in the pocket, as well as a hammer in the device.

Referring to the drawings, in which the preferred embodiment of thisinvention is illustrated, I designates the flat body of the device whichis provided with two integral sides 2 that extend at right angles to thefiat body I. Integral with the body I and sides 2 is a flat bottom 3.The bottom 3 is curved at 4 on its outer edge to fit the body of theusenwhereby the device is very comfortably employed.

In Figure 2 the device is shown in the pocket 5, while in Figure 3, thedevice is shown with a hammer 6 therein.

In actual use the hammer 6 is slid down against ment as the device holdsthe tool in a satisfactory position for such movement.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of the invention andillustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, certain minor changesor alterations may appear to one skilled in the art to which thisinvention relates during the extensive manufacture of the same, and I,therefore, reserve the right to make such changes or alternations asshall fairly'fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a onepiece hammer pocket device,comprising a flat vertical body provided with two parallel fiat sides,said sides being at right angle to said fiat vertical body, a flatbottom at right angle to said flat vertical body and said parallel flatsides, and said flat bottom being curved inwardly. on its outer edge,whereby said curvature fits the shape of the buttocks of the human bodywhen the device is in use.

2. In combination with the hip pocket of a carpenters overalls; of ahammer-head holding device in said pocket comprising a flat bodysubstantially the width of said pocket and bearing against the outerportion of said pocket, parallel side portions integral with said flatbody, said side portions provided with outer vertical edges bearingagainst the inside pocket, a flat horizontal bottom integral with saidside portions and fiat body, and said bottom being curved inwardly onits outer edge to receive a, portion of said pocket and to fit thebuttock of thewearer of the overalls.

' HARVEY B. BEHNKE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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